Cake



I want to write about nature:

About the loveliness it entangles
In ocean waves so gentle.

About bemusing sunset lakes
And those spatiotemporal alignments
That bring atmospheric viewing pleasure.

But then I sit and write about cake.
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Written on April 24, 2024

Submitted by Astrid_Astérix on April 24, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A BX BBA X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 234
Words 43
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 3, 1

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